J. D. Payne

"And the first place winner is …" How many times have we heard that phrase? Though I am not a major sports fan, I have always lived in towns and cities where the first place award was given regularly. Our high school football team dominated the area of the county in which I grew up. […]

There has been a great deal of emphasis in our Convention recently regarding church planting. The International Mission Board is talking about it. The North American Mission Board is talking about it. Our seven Southern Baptist seminaries offer courses in church planting and have professors of church planting. Our state conventions are talking about it. […]